underhoused

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adjective

Inadequately housed.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderhoused (comparative more underhoused, superlative most underhoused)

comparative more underhoused · superlative most underhoused

  1. Inadequately housed.

    [B]ut greater Bombay almost doubles the number of overworked, underhoused and underfed citizens.

    1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 160

Origin

From under- + housed.

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APA

underhoused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhoused

MLA

“underhoused.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhoused. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underhoused,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhoused.

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